human trafficking

A Boston man is facing federal charges in an alleged sex trafficking operation, accused of victimizing a young woman and a 17-year-old girl. U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins of Massachusetts announced Friday that 30-year-old Leon Blount had been charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, as well as three counts of transporting a minor with intent to engage...

Frontline workers at Logan Airport are being trained to spot, and stop, human trafficking. The NBC10 Investigators were invited to see the training up close as part of Human Trafficking Awareness month. Airline employees, Logan Airport staff and law enforcement were all learning how to help potential victims in crisis from the Homeland Security Investigators Division.  “The traffickers look for…

Front-line workers at Logan International Airport are being trained to spot and stop human trafficking.

The Dog House Bar & Grill and Tudo Na Brasa, a Brazilian restaurant, were raided by federal agents Tuesday, and the father and son who own them charged in connection with a human trafficking and indentured servitude operation, as first reported by NBC10 Boston. Both restaurants are located on the same block in Woburn, Massachusetts, and were swarmed with law…

Federal agents have raided two businesses in Woburn as part of an investigation into allegations of human trafficking.

Two restaurants were raided by federal and local law enforcement in Woburn, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning in a human trafficking and indentured servitude operation allegedly conducted by several members of one family. The Dog House and Tudo Na Brasa, both on the same block on Main Street and owned by the family, were swarmed by authorities in a raid connected to…

A former Mexican soccer star, Club Tijuana’s top goal scorer of all time, was arrested for alleged human trafficking Sunday trying to cross the border into the U.S.  

One man faced a judge this week and 12 other people are also being charged after allegedly offering cash or drugs in exchange for sex in Boston’s Mass. and Cass. area. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday that 43-year-old Andy Morales had been arraigned at the Roxbury division of Boston Municipal Court. He is charged with solicitation...

Farah revealed this week that he was taken to Britain illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant has given a face to the often nameless victims of modern slavery, crime victims who many times are dismissed as “illegal” immigrants.

The people, believed to be part of a migrant smuggling operation, were found dead in San Antonio.

A man was arrested on child sex trafficking charges Wednesday, police said, after investigators discovered he’d allegedly extorted sexual material from two children from East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Nicholas Cristoforo, a 26-year-old from Wellesley, was arrested Wednesday night by East Bridgewater police on three counts of trafficking a children, three counts of enticing a child for trafficking and a charge...

At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France’s interior minister called the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the dangerous crossing to date

The Italian Coast Guard has rescued more than 550 migrants, many of them young men and boys from Egypt, from traffickers boats in storm-tossed waters off the southern “toe” of Italy’s mainland

Federal authorities found evidence of potential human trafficking in Rutland, Vermont during a raid Friday prompted by suspected drug activity. Vermont State Police said they and a special team from Homeland Security discovered people might have been held captive inside a home on Maple Street. “It surprised me, big time,” neighbor Tobey Fuller told NBC affiliate WPTZ Friday — he…

In Vermont, three women were found padlocked in a room, and federal authorities are investigating whether they were trafficked.

R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty Monday on all counts in a high-profile sex-trafficking case by a federal jury in Brooklyn.

A former New Hampshire high school teacher accused of soliciting sexually explicit videos from a student for money and making and possessing child pornography has pleaded guilty to human trafficking and manufacturing child sex abuse images. Joshua Harwood, 38, of Manchester, New Hampshire, entered his pleas to the two felony counts on Wednesday, the Concord Monitor reported. Harwood had taught…

Holly Christine Hayes is a survivor. And after breaking out of human trafficking and overcoming addiction, the founder and CEO of Sanctuary Project wants to help other women do the same. Her Austin, Texas-based jewelry company offers jobs and a fresh start for human trafficking survivors.

“Game of Thrones” actor Esmé Bianco has sued Marilyn Manson alleging sexual, physical and emotional abuse

One person has been arrested in connection with an alleged human smuggling attempt at the center of a chilling 911 call